Gigi, the Holstein that set
a record for milk production last year, has died in a barn fire in Wisconsin.
The fire that started around midnight on Sept. 19 at Bur-Wall Holsteins
outside Brooklyn, Wis., also claimed 29 herd mates.
Sixty cows were in the barn when firefighters arrived; they were able to
get half of them out.
Bob and Denise Behnke own and operate the farm where Bur-Wall Buckeye
Gigi set the milk production record in 2015, then broke it last year.
The barn was a total loss.
In 2015, Gigi produced 74,650 lb. of milk in 365 days, with 2,126 lb. of
fat and 2,142 lb. of protein.
